An author is used to define an author. author is an optional attribute in a module. The definition-element may contain any number of author-elements.

<author id="" name="">...</author>

id(mandatory)	Any string that will identify this author.
name(mandatory)	The displayed name of the author.

All modules are given a default author. You may set this by the id: _default:

<author id="_default" name="My self"/>

If default author is not set it defaults to: "Site author".

Examples:

<author id="bs" name="Børre Stenseth"/>

<author id="bs" name="Børre Stenseth">
      <![CDATA[
  <div style="font-weight:bold">
      <a href="http://www.a.b/mypage.html">homepage</a>
  </div>
   ]]>
</author>